That earned the Red Flash an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament next week.
🏀🏅 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 #𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗠𝗕𝗕 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺
— Northeast Conference (@nechoops) March 12, 2025
🏆 𝗠𝗩𝗣: Juan Cranford, Jr., @RedFlashMBB
▫️ Riley Parker, @RedFlashMBB
▫️ Devin Haid, @CCSU_MBB
▫️ Terrence Brown,@FDUKnightsMBB
▫️ Malachi Davis, @LIUBasketball #NEC25 x #NEChoops pic.twitter.com/SbuBucDvER
They last played in the Big Dance in 1991.
A 6-foot-3, 205-pound guard, Crawford was named NEC Rookie of the Year after leading the conference’s first-year players in scoring (9.5 ppg.) and assists (59). He ranked second in field goal percentage (45.2) and steals (31), third in 3-point percentage (37.4), third in 3-pointers made (1.54) and fourth in minutes played (27.3).
Last season, Cranford was the GWOC Player of the Year and an honorable mention all-state selection when he averaged 16.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Cranford may be playing in front of friends and family when the postseason resumes for him next week.
At 16-17, the Red Flash are likely to be a No. 16 seed, which makes them a candidate to be part of the First Four next week in Dayton.
The brackets will be released Sunday on CBS.
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